Hopi men in ceremonial regalia preparing for ceremony to start. Title transcribed from item. Signed on mount: "Frederick Monsen." Monsen's typed label on back says: "Oraibi. Hopi pueblo of the third mesa. When Oraibi was a living pueblo (1896), the ceremonies and dances held there were most elaborate. The Snake and Antelope Priests appearing before the Kisi just before taking out the snakes."
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1 photograph : black and white print ; 33.5 x 41 cm
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